Linton, Alfred William (Engine Room Artificer, b.1922)

Accession Number PR04485
Collection type Private Record
Record type Collection
Measurement 2 Wallets
Object type Letter, Document, Greeting card
Maker Linton, Alfred William
Date made 1940-1945
Access Open
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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Description

Collection relating to the Second World War service of PM7101 Engine Room Artificer IV Alfred William Linton, Royal Australian Navy. Collection consists of 27 Letters from ERA Linton [Fred] to his girlfriend/fiancee [later wife] Marjorie Joy Dawes [Joy] ranging between 1940 to 1945 including illustrated envelopes; Greeting card from Marjorie; Christmas card from ERA Linton dated 1944; Letter written by Harry Emerson Fosdick advising Marjorie that Mr A W Linton worshiped at the Riverside Church; Telegram from ERA Linton to his wife Majorie; Certificate of Capability of Engine Room Artificers; Naval pay and identity book; Service documents; Sympathy card sent to Marjorie from the daughters of Mrs M A McGuiness; Envelope containing 4 postcards of various sights in England and Scotland, Newspaper clipping about the HMAS Australia, photo of the HMAS Australia and a City of Plymouth visit of HMAS Australia cinema card; 2 postcards from ERA Linton to his wife Marjorie and one to 'Miss Dawes' from an unknown sender.